I managed to get to the lottie for an hour today. There have been heavy showers over the past few days. It has not made a great deal of difference to the soil. We still need some more rain. I dug up the Broccoli and Lettuce that had bolted. I chopped the plants up as I put them in the big compo bin. I watered the peas and beans. They are looking very poorly.
I had a trip to the bees as well. Hive B is fantastic. It has big brood pattern. Brood at all stages and evidence of successional laying. I put on an extra supper. The two that are on are only part filled. I will just leave that hive alone to create stores for the winter. Hives A & C show signs of day old eggs. I did not see the Queens which is a bit worrying. I think hive C has a laying worker but there are lot of bees. I think Hive A may have had a queen which has now swarmed again or not. It is hard to tell. There are not many bees though. I will have to find the queens in those two boxes. I have to think about combining the two hives to make one good colony to see out the winter.
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